# Nege mense is dood en 13 beseer nadat ʼn student gister by die Ayser Calik Secondary School in Turkye op mense losgebrand het. Die 14-jarige student, wat gewapen was met vyf vuurwapens en sewe magasyne in sy rugsak, het twee klaskamers binnegegaan en lukraak begin skiet. Ná die voorval het hy homself geskiet. Die wapens […]
# The ANC has welcomed the appointment of Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the US, saying the decision reflects a masterstroke strategic deployment. His appointment follows the expulsion of former ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, who was declared persona non grata in 2025 after the remarks he made during a webinar on US politics. The […]
# The EFF has rejected Roelf Meyer’s appointment as South Africa’s ambassador to the US, labelling it politically tone-deaf and a deliberate insult to the country’s democratic struggle. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Meyer as the new ambassador, following a vacancy of over a year, following the expulsion of Ebrahim Rasool in March last year. Rasool […]
# Nine people were killed and 13 others injured after a student opened fire at Ayser Calik Secondary School in Turkey on Wednesday. The 14-year-old student, who was armed with five guns and seven magazines in his backpack, entered two classrooms and started shooting randomly. He shot himself after the incident. The guns are said to belong […]
# Brittanje het ‘n drie-jaar-kontrak van 16,5-miljard-rand aan Boeing toegeken om sy Apaché-aanvalshelikopters en Chinook-swaarvrag-helikopters, wat bedryf word deur die koninklike lugmag, in stand te hou en te ondersteun. Die regering sê die kontrak verseker gereedheid en langtermyn-ondersteuning vir vloot wat reeds ingespan is in die konflikte in Irak, Afghanistan en Libië. Die aankondiging volg […]
# Australië gaan sy verdedigingsbesteding teen 2033 tot drie-persent van die bruto binnelandse produk verhoog. Dit is tans omtrent twee-persent. Dit is in reaksie op die mees komplekse en dreigende omstandighede sedert die Tweede Wêreldoorlog. Die regering sê die uitbreiding sal bereik word deur ‘n bykomende 116-miljard-rand oor vier jaar en 620-miljard-rand oor die volgende […]
# Australia will raise defence spending to three-percent of gross domestic product by 2033 from about two-percent currently. This is in response to the most complex and threatening circumstances since World War Two. The government says the expansion would be achieved through an additional 116-billion-rand over four years and 620-billion-rand over the next decade. Australia […]
# Britain awarded a three-year, 16.5-billion-rand contract to Boeing to maintain and support its Apaché attack helicopters and Chinook heavy-lift helicopters operated by the Royal Air Force. The government says the contract ensures mission readiness and long-term support for these platforms, which have seen extensive service in conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. The announcement […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het Roelf Meyer se aanstelling as nuwe ambassadeur in die VSA verdedig en sê hy is goed gekwalifiseer om die verhoudings tussen die twee lande te help herstel. Ramaphosa sê Meyer se ervaring in konflikoplossing en voortgesette interaksie met Amerikaanse amptenare maak hom geskik, en daar word van hom verwag om […]
